架构师提供的文本描述。这座住宅位于山坡上，周围没有其他房屋或障碍物。我花了一些心思才能想象出一座矗立在草地中央的房子。房子需要提供保护的感觉，因为它将是客户的最后家。它还需要柔软，以融入周围的自然环境。站在这片富饶的土地上，我希望这座房子同时有一个坚固而脆弱的存在。

Text description provided by the architects. The residence is located along a gently-sloped hillside with no other house or obstacle around. It took some thinking for me to visualize a house standing in the middle of grass land. The house needed to provide a sense of protection since it would be the client's final home. It also needed to be supple to blend with the surrounding natural environment. Standing in this rich land, I wanted the house to have a sturdy and fragile presence at the same time.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

邻近的街道几乎没有行人，但公共汽车每天经过几次，而且汽车交通也比较繁忙。为了使房子安全地对周围环境开放，必须把起居区抬得更高，以避开街道上的景色。只要从街道上看不见，房子就可以四面八方开放。然而，这将是女性客户的最后家。重要的是确保她的日常生活的舒适感，首先，然后计划不寻常的时刻。因此，房子的开放性和封闭性必须得到很好的平衡。换句话说，向外部(风景)的离心力和向内部的向心力(掩蔽力)必须以同等的力量相互拉动。

The adjacent street has almost no pedestrian traffic, but buses pass by a few times a day, and there is relatively heavy car traffic. In order to securely open the house to the surroundings, the living quarter had to be lifted higher to avoid the view from the street. The house can be opened in all four directions as long as it is not visible from the street. This would be, however, the final home for the female client. It is important to secure the comfort of her everyday lives first and then plan for extraordinary moments. Thus the house's openness and closed-ness have to be well balanced. In other words, the centrifugal force toward the exterior (the scenery) and the centripetal force (force of shelter) toward the interior must pull each other with an equal strength.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

我从一开始就提出了一个紧凑的正方形计划，以满足预算和容纳必要的项目。虽然每个房间都很小，但如果它们定位在不同的方向并组装起来，就可以创造出具有不同空间品质的空间(部分)。这将为客户提供占用空间的选择。具体来说，“Soto-no-ma(外部房间)”-用于坐-有一个平的、低的天花板，它将空间水平延伸到周围的自然。“Naka-no-ma(室内房间)”，另一方面，有一个天花板按照屋顶的金字塔形状，是充满自然光从顶部。漫射的光线在天花板上产生不同的阴影细微差别，并将空间垂直地画向天空。

I proposed a compact square plan from the beginning in order to meet the budget and accommodate the necessary programs. Although each room is very small, the rooms could create spaces (parts) with distinct spatial qualities if they were positioned in different directions and assembled. This would give the client options of space to occupy. Specifically speaking, “soto-no-ma (exterior room)” – intended for sitting – has a flat, low ceiling which extends the space horizontally toward the surrounding nature. “Naka-no-ma (interior room)”, on the other hand, has a ceiling following the roof's pyramid shape and is filled with natural light from the top. The diffused light creates different nuances of shadows on the ceiling and draws the space vertically toward the sky.